Mechanic&#39;s handy holding device



L. L. HECKATHORN. MECHANICS HANDY HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 22. 1919.

Patented June 29, 1920.

LEONARD LEO. HECKATHORN, OF NOWATA, OKLAHOMA.

,MECHANICS HANDY eme. DEV'iC'E.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEONARD L. HECKA- THORN, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Nowata, in the county of N owata and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in Mechanics Handy Holding Devices, of which the fol lowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a device in the nature of a clamp or vise adapted to hold a dooror Other article in position whilebeing worked oni It is an object of the invention to provide sucha device of awide range of utility and adjustability, and with this object in View it has means whereby it may be secured at any desired angle and in any position required by the particular v.u'se to which it is put, and whereby also the article held by the device may be maintained securely in position.

hen read in connection with the description herein, the detail of construction and arrangement of parts contemplated by the invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, wherein an embodiment of the invention is disclosed, for purposes of illustration.

\Vhile the disclosures herein exemplify what now is considered to be a preferable embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that it is not the intention to be limited necessarily thereto in interpretation of the claim, .as modifications and adaptations within the limits of the claim can be made without departing from the nature and spirit of the invention.

Like reference-characters refer to corresponding parts in the views of the drawing, of which Figure 1 is an illustration of the device in use;

Fig. 2 is a plan View;

Fig. Swis a View of one side;

Fig. 4 is a-view of another side;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5, Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a bottom view of one of the clamps.

Having more particular reference to the drawing, 7 designates-the body portion of the device, which carries the clamps or their equivalents. In the embodiment shown, the

body portion is a frame rectangular inv shape, but which may be of other shape if Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June Application filed October 22. 1919; serial no. 332,521.

desired, and which is integrally or collectively formed of straight side members 8.

The body has a plurality of slots 9 to accommodate means for holding clamps thereto. As shown,- two of the members 8, or all of them if desired, are formed with the slots,

and the outer face of the body contiguous to the slots is corrugated, knurled, or otherwise roughened, as seen at 10' in Figs. 3 and 4.

These roughened surfaces are provided to coact with correspondin 1y roughened faces, as seenat 11 inFig. 1, o clamps held there- 'against by thumb-screws or the like 12, the shanks of which extend through the slots 9. v H

The roughened abutting faces, when held tightly together by the fasteners 12, prevent the clamps fromslipping from adjusted'positions on the body.

Either, both, or any number of the clamps may be of the form designated by A in the drawing. Such a clamp includes a web or connecting-piece 13 with which a thumbscrew is connected and by which it is held against the side of the body, the arrangement being such that, when the screw is loosened, the clamp may be moved along the body with the shank of the screw traversing the slot and by turnin adjusted to any desired position of anguFaritywith respect to the body or to the other clamp or clamps. A

jaw member 14 extends outwardly from the body at each end of the web, these jaw members being oppositely disposed, and one of them carries a screw 15 having a pivoted head 16'arranged to be moved toward or from the other member.

Either, both, or any number of the clamps employed also may be of the form designated by B in the drawing. This clamp includes a web 17, with which a thumb-screw is connected and by which it is held against the side of the body, the arrangement being such that the clamp may be adjusted as to position in a manner similar to the other form. The web is formed with a guideway 18 shaped to retain and to permit slidable movement therein of a similarly-shaped end of a jaw 19 toward and from an oppositelydisposed fixed jaw extending from one end of the web. A screw 20 is journaled at one end in one of the jaws and has its threaded portion rotatable in threads in the other jaw so that on rotation it moves the slidable aw.

Any number of clamps of the same or different characteristics may be employed on the body, dependent upon the number and length of the sides thereof and the particular demands to be met. Although only two clamps are shown in the drawing as sulficient to exemplify the characteristics of the invention, one operating to secure the device to a supporting part such as a bench and the other operating tohold adoor, two or more could be used onone ormore sidesof the body, if necessary, for the purpose of maintaining the device rigidly in place, and a plurality of doors or other articles, could be held by a like number of clamps on one or more other sides.

In view of the fact that the clamps are adjustable to any angular position with respect to one another and to the body, the body itself can be accommodated on any part a clamp is capable of grasping, and the article-holding clampor clamps can be 1 adjusted to maintain the held parts in vertica1,-inclined, or horizontal positions as desired. Thus, for example, if it is desired to secure the body to a vertical or inclined part, instead of to the horizontal edge portion of a bench as shown, that may be done and the body adjusted to horizontal or other position. 7

While all of the clamps used an a body may be of the same characteristics, if it pref- V erable to employ one such as designated by B for clamping a door or similar article, as its coacting jaws are less liable to injure the article than a clamp of the form'designated by A. A clamp of the latter type is suitable for engagement with a bench without material indentation thereof, and it is particularly adapted for grasping a metal member such as a beam or upright.

: Having thus described my invention, what I; claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A holding device comprising a frame having slotted side members, athumb-screw movable in theslot of one of said members, a clamp arranged to grasp a support and to hold said frame in'place secured thereto by said thumb-screw and rotatable with respect to the frame whenthe screw is loosened, another thumb-screw movable in a slot of one of said frame members, and a clamp secured to the frame by said latter screw, rotatable with respect to'the frame when the screw is loosened, and arranged by itself to grasp an article.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature. LEONA D LEO HECKATHORN, 

